On Main Street with Aaron Wallace: An Unofficial Disney Fan Podcast

How does Epcot's Eat to the Beat concert series work? Special guest Mike McKee, drummer for the incredible band Delta Rae, explains the whole thing… and geeks out about all things Disney Parks too.

Join as Mike and Aaron talk about:

• Eat to the Beat bookings
• How the bands pick the songs for such short sets
• The subtle ways in which Disney's commitment to storytelling influences the band's own projects
• Mike's "Disney fan origin story"
• The current state of Disney theme parks
• Much more!

Plus: Celebrate Halloween with an encore presentation of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod's Disney Villains musical montage!

Be sure to visit Epcot on November 4, 5, or 6 and see Delta Rae rock the American Adventure!

Order your copy of Aaron's two brand-new books, HOCUS POCUS in Focus: The Thinking Fan's Guide to Disney's Halloween Classic and The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Epcot.

Total runtime – 1 hour, 21 minutes

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• Delta Rae website

• Mike McKee on Twitter

• Epcot's 2016 Eat to the Beat concert schedule

• Aaron's Delta Rae song recommendations: "Bottom of the River," "Morning Comes," "Dance in the Graveyards," "Scared," "Chasing Twisters," "My Whole Life Long," and "All Good People"

• Delta Rae's first album, Carry the Fire, and newest album, After It All

• Order signed (and discounted) bundles of Aaron's three books

• Get Hocus Pocus in Focus on Amazon

• Disney DNA Podcast – Episode 44

• Behind the Magic Podcast – Season 3, Episode 47

• The Blake and Sal Show – Interview

Find more about the show at the brand-new official website: http://www.aaronwallaceonline.com

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Music copyright The Walt Disney Company; Disney Music Group, etc. Original content copyright Aaron Wallace. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an unofficial fan podcast and is not authorized by, reviewed by, or affiliated with The Walt Disney Company, its affiliates, or subsidiaries. For more information, visit www.aaronwallaceonline.com.

Having been highly critical of Disney California Adventure in its first iteration, Aaron now takes a step back to reassess after a few years of Buena Vista Street, Carsland, and more. Along the way, he shares highlights from his three trips to the park during Disneyland Resort's Diamond Celebration. Follow along for a first-timer's look at: • Radiator Springs Racers • Mater's Junkyard Jamboree • Carthay Circle Restaurant • Five and Dime • The Red Car Trolley News Boys Show • Fiddler, Fifer, and Practical Pig Café • Clarabelle's Hand-Scooped Ice Cream • Grizzly Peak Airfield • World of Color • World of Color — Celebrate • Heimlich's Chew-Chew Train • And more Plus, reflections on: • Turning 30 inside the Grand Californian • Mandara Spa at Disneyland Resort • Ordering a custom birthday cake from Disneyland • The D23 Expo 2015 • Hurricane Matthew in Orlando • And much more! Be sure to order your copy of Aaron's two brand-new books, HOCUS POCUS in Focus: The Thinking Fan's Guide to Disney's Halloween Classic and The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Epcot. Total runtime – 1 hour, 17 minutes Thanks for listening! Be sure to leave a quick review on iTunes! AS HEARD IN THE SHOW • Order signed (and discounted) bundles of Aaron's three books: http://www.aaronwallaceonline.com/shop/ • Get Hocus Pocus in Focus on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/099805920X/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=%20193701150X&linkCode=as2&tag=aaronwallaent-20 • SciFiPulse.net Interview: http://www.scifipulse.net/aaron-wallace-disney-classic-hocus-pocus/ • Big Fat Panda Podcast: http://www.bigfatpanda.com/ • The Mad Chatters Podcast – Episode 107: https://madchatters.net/2016/10/12/107-from-celebrations-to-cyclones-and-hocus-pocus-too/ Find more about the show at the brand-new official website: http://www.aaronwallaceonline.com SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave a written review for Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod on iTunes! Have you read one of Aaron's books? Please leave a review on Amazon! Please "like" the show's Facebook page! www.facebook.com/zipadeedoopod While you're there, "like" The Thinking Fan's Guide on Facebook too! www.facebook.com/thinkingdisney CONTACT THE SHOW Send comments, questions, and feedback to [email protected] — or you can record yourself on an audio file and email that in too! Follow Aaron and the show on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/aaronspod ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an official member of The Disney Podcast Network. http://www.thedpn.com Music copyright The Walt Disney Company; Disney Music Group, etc. Original content copyright Aaron Wallace. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an unofficial fan podcast and is not authorized by, reviewed by, or affiliated with The Walt Disney Company, its affiliates, or subsidiaries. For more information, visit www.aaronwallaceonline.com.

On the heels of Disneyland's 60th Anniversary Diamond Celebration, Aaron looks back at his three trips there to celebrate it.

Follow along for a first-timer's look at:

• Paint the Night
• Disneyland Forever
• Club 33
• Disney characters in It's a Small World
• Soundsational
• Haunted Mansion Holiday
• The Hatbox Ghost
• Updates to Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan's Flight, Storybookland Canal Boats, and the Matterhorn Bobsleds
• Fantasy Faire (and Frozen in the Royal Theatre)
• Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough
• Big Thunder Ranch
• The Halloween Tree
• Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
• Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy
• And so much more…

PLUS: Aaron announces his two brand-new books, HOCUS POCUS in Focus: The Thinking Fan's Guide to Disney's Halloween Classic and The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Epcot.

Total runtime - 1 hour, 32 minutes

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• Order signed (and discounted) bundles of Aaron's three books

• Get Hocus Pocus in Focus on Amazon

• Arielle Nadel's photography (Danboard, BB-8, Mia Rabbit, and more)

• Arielle Nadel's Instagram (Disney fan photography and more)

• Dizney Coast to Coast with Jeff DePaoli and Patrick Dougall

• Jeff DePaoli on Periscope (home to the Daily Disney Decision)

• The Mad Chatters Podcast

Find more about the show at the brand-new official website: http://www.aaronwallaceonline.com

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Send comments, questions, and feedback to [email protected] — or you can record yourself on an audio file and email that in too!

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Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an official member of The Disney Podcast Network. http://www.thedpn.com

Music copyright The Walt Disney Company; Disney Music Group, etc. Original content copyright Aaron Wallace. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an unofficial fan podcast and is not authorized by, reviewed by, or affiliated with The Walt Disney Company, its affiliates, or subsidiaries. For more information, visit www.aaronwallaceonline.com.

George Lucas is about to become an official Disney Legend, and some fans aren't happy about it. Aaron comes to his defense...

This year's Disney Legends will be inducted at the #D23Expo2015, where you can also get exclusive early access to the brand-new 2nd Edition of Aaron's book, The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom. More information here.

Total runtime - 50 minutes

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As heard in the show

• The BRAND-NEW 2nd Edition of Aaron's book, The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom, is now available for preorder at Amazon! Releases to bookstores on Labor Day 2015!

• The E-Ticket Life: Stories, Essays, and Lessons Learned from My Decidedly Disney Travels by Kyle Burbank

• Find Aaron and Kyle at the D23 Expo 2015 (LaughingPlace.com Booth, #c2004 in the Emporium at the Main Expo Hall) for exclusive early access to the new 2nd Edition!

• Aaron's complete "appearance schedule" for the D23 Expo 2015

• Read Aaron's interview with Andreas Deja

• Articles about PBS's "Walt Disney" documentary and the anti-semitism charge: Entertainment Weekly and Deadline.com

• "The Pixar Story," an article by Tom Hormby

• "We Are Here to Change the World" by Deniece Williams

Find more about the show at the official website: http://www.aaronwallaceonline.com

Be sure to listen to Aaron on another fun, unofficial Disney show, The Hub Podcast: http://thehubpodcast.com

Send comments, questions, and feedback to [email protected] — or you can record yourself on an audio file and email that in too!

Follow Aaron and the show on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/aaronspod

Please "like" the show's Facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/zipadeedoopod

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an official member of The Disney Podcast Network. http://www.thedpn.com

Music copyright The Walt Disney Company; Disney Music Group, etc. Original content copyright Aaron Wallace. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an unofficial fan podcast and is not authorized by, reviewed by, or affiliated with The Walt Disney Company, its affiliates, or subsidiaries. For more information, visit www.aaronwallaceonline.com.

Take a walk in Walt's footsteps through Griffith Park in Los Angeles — PLUS a special announcement for The D23 Expo 2015!

Total runtime - 1 hour, 2 minutes

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As heard in the show

• The BRAND-NEW 2nd Edition of Aaron's book, The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom, is now available for preorder at Amazon! Releases to bookstores on Labor Day 2015!

• The E-Ticket Life: Stories, Essays, and Lessons Learned from My Decidedly Disney Travels by Kyle Burbank

• Find Aaron and Kyle at the D23 Expo 2015 (LaughingPlace.com Booth, #c2004 in the Emporium at the Main Expo Hall) for exclusive early access to the new 2nd Edition!

• The Disneyland Gazette's original "Walt's Pilgrimage" podcast

• Follow along with this episode's photo report at the ZADDP Facebook page

• Follow @DLThings on Twitter! (The aforementioned Periscope broadcast has since expired!)

• "Don't Try So Hard" by Amy Grant and James Taylor

• "If These Walls Could Speak" by Amy Grant

Find more about the show at the official website: http://www.aaronwallaceonline.com

Be sure to listen to Aaron on another fun, unofficial Disney show, The Hub Podcast: http://thehubpodcast.com

Send comments, questions, and feedback to [email protected] — or you can record yourself on an audio file and email that in too!

Follow Aaron and the show on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/aaronspod

Please "like" the show's Facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/zipadeedoopod

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an official member of The Disney Podcast Network. http://www.thedpn.com

Music copyright The Walt Disney Company; Disney Music Group, etc. Original content copyright Aaron Wallace. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an unofficial fan podcast and is not authorized by, reviewed by, or affiliated with The Walt Disney Company, its affiliates, or subsidiaries. For more information, visit www.aaronwallaceonline.com.

What's it like to live in Walt Disney World? How does moving to Orlando change your theme park perspective as a diehard Disney fan? Is the tradeoff worth it? Fresh off of his two-year "Orlandoversary," Aaron looks at 15 ways that Florida residence has changed his WDW experience.

• As heard in the show: Aaron's book, The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom, is now available on paperback and as an eBook!

• Aaron's Frozen movie review

• Aaron's Saving Mr. Banks movie review

• "Who's Your Inner Muppet?" — Aaron's Sam the Eagle guest entry at This Happy Place Blog

• The Top 30 Songs of 2013

• Avatarland: A Limerick

• It's A Small World: 50th Anniversary #smallworld50 reflections

• The Three CommentEars - Unofficial Mary Poppins Audio Commentary with Special Guest Aaron Wallace

• The Something Clever Show by Kyle Burbank and Emily Nadolski (featuring a brilliant Carousel of Progress 2013 reenactment)

• The 26 Best Christmas Albums of All Time

• Aaron's 2014 Oscar Picks & Predictions

Total runtime - 49 minutes

Thanks for listening! Be sure to leave a quick review on iTunes!

Find more about the show at the official website: http://www.aaronwallaceonline.com

Be sure to listen to Aaron on another fun, unofficial Disney show, The Hub Podcast: http://thehubpodcast.com (Episode #66 includes a Muppets Most Wanted movie review + much more!)

Check out The Disneyland Gazette too!

Send comments, questions, and feedback to [email protected] — or you can record yourself on an audio file and email that in too! A new mailbag show is coming soon!

Follow Aaron and the show on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/aaronspod

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Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an official member of The Disney Podcast Network. http://www.thedpn.com

Music copyright The Walt Disney Company; Disney Music Group. All other original content copyright Aaron Wallace. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an unofficial fan podcast and is not authorized by, reviewed by, or affiliated with The Walt Disney Company, its affiliates, or subsidiaries. For more information, visit www.aaronwallaceonline.com.

Kyle Burbank (of The Disneyland Gazette) return for Part 2 of his Walt Disney World New Year's Eve trip report with Aaron. Discussion includes:

• Aaron's review of Star Wars Weekends 2013 & Hyperspace Hoopla
• Darth Vader chocolate & peanut butter cupcake at Darth Mall
• Epcot's New Year's Eve fail
• Test Track 2.0 and the world's longest wait
• Magic Kingdom's multiple New Year's Eves
• DAK after "dak"
• The best Club Cool combo at Epcot
• Wreck-It Ralph at DisneyQuest
• Dry Ice "explosion" at Disneyland
• Gun found on Dinosaur at Disney's Animal Kingdom
• a Finding Nemo: The Musical debate
• Disney's Art of Animation Resort review
• Walt Disney World at Christmas review
• Celebrate the Magic vs. Let the Memories Begin
• Disneyland holiday overlays vs. Walt Disney World's lack thereof
• "Swishes"
• "Disney on the Web"
• …and much, much more!

• As heard in the show: Aaron's book, The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom, is now available on paperback and as an eBook!

Total runtime – 1 hour, 21 minutes

Thanks for listening! Be sure to leave a quick review on iTunes!

Find more about the show at the official website: http://www.aaronwallaceonline.com

Be sure to listen to Aaron on another fun, unofficial Disney show, "The Hub Podcast": http://thehubpodcast.com

Find Kyle Burbank (and sometimes Aaron too) on The Disneyland Gazette!

Send comments, questions, and feedback to [email protected] — or you can record yourself on an audio file and email that in too! A new mailbag show is coming soon!

Follow Aaron and the show on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/aaronspod

Please "like" the show's Facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/zipadeedoopod

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an official member of The Disney Podcast Network. http://www.thedpn.com

Aaron welcomes special guest Kyle Burbank (of The Disneyland Gazette), discussing recent Disney Parks news and a TWO recent trip reports, including:

• WDW & Disneyland ticket price hikes for 2013
• Mickey and the Magical Map's debut at Disneyland
• Monstrous Summer All-Nighter in the Magic Kingdom: A Report
• Candlelight Processional with Amy Grant at Epcot
• New Year's at Walt Disney World
• …and much, much more!

• As heard in the show: Aaron's book, The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom, is now available on paperback and as an eBook!

Total runtime – 1 hour, 4 minutes

Thanks for listening! Be sure to leave a quick review on iTunes!

Find more about the show at the official website: http://www.aaronwallaceonline.com

Be sure to listen to Aaron on another fun, unofficial Disney show, "The Hub Podcast": http://thehubpodcast.com

Find Kyle Burbank (and sometimes Aaron too) on The Disneyland Gazette!

Check out Amy Grant's first all-new studio album in 10 years, How Mercy Looks From Here

Also be sure to listen to the Of Mice and Men Podcast

Send comments, questions, and feedback to [email protected] — or you can record yourself on an audio file and email that in too! A new mailbag show is coming soon!

Follow Aaron and the show on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/aaronspod

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Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an official member of The Disney Podcast Network. http://www.thedpn.com

Universal Orlando just announced a major expansion to its Wizarding World of Harry Potter — Diagon Alley! Find out why Disney fans lashed out at Walt Disney World AND at Aaron this week after the news broke. Is Universal wiping the floor with Disney thanks to Harry Potter?

PLUS: What are the best ways to celebrate Mother's Day the Disney Way?

AND: Aaron's brief report from Merida's official coronation ceremony in Magic Kingdom!

• As heard in the show: Aaron's book, The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom, is now available on paperback and as an eBook!

• Join Aaron for a book signing at Books-A-Million in Gastonia, NC at 1 p.m. (Eastern) on 5/19/13!

• Join Aaron and Matt theEsquire (from Mouse Droppings and The Hub) for a live podcast performance in Magic Kingdom on 24-Hour Day from 5/24-25/13!

Total runtime - 46 minutes

Thanks for listening! Be sure to leave a quick review on iTunes!

Find more about the show at the official website: http://www.aaronwallaceonline.com

Be sure to listen to Aaron on another fun, unofficial Disney show, "The Hub Podcast": http://thehubpodcast.com

Aaron joins The Disneyland Gazette for a countdown of 51 Disney Animated Classics almost every week, continuing into 2013!

Send comments, questions, and feedback to [email protected] -- or call the show's phone line and leave a voicemail! (224) 366-7631 ... that's (224) 366-DOO-POD1 -- You can record yourself on an audio file and email that in too! A new mailbag show is on the horizon!

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Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod continues its brand-new Disney Music Hall of Fame with this, Part 2 of the Inaugural Induction Ceremony!

This time around, FOUR new songs are inducted: one from the 1970s, one from the 1980s, one from the 1990s, and one from 2000-Present. (Songs from the 60s, 50s, and pre-50s were inducted in Part 1).

Each new inductee is treated to a detailed history and an in-depth, revelatory analysis.

PLUS: Get new updates on Aaron's book, The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom, which is now available on paperback and as an eBook!

• As heard in the show [WARNING: SPOILER!] – Music Video by The Jets

• As heard in the show [WARNING: SPOILER!] – A "Harmonic Analysis" of the 1980s selection

• As heard in the show – "That's What Love is For"

Total runtime – 47 minutes

Thanks for listening! Be sure to leave a quick review on iTunes!

Find more about the show at the official website: http://www.aaronwallaceonline.com

Be sure to listen to Aaron on another fun, unofficial Disney podcast, "The Hub": http://thehubpodcast.com

Aaron joins The Disneyland Gazette every week to count down the 51 Disney Animated Classics, continuing into 2013!

Send comments, questions, and feedback to [email protected] -- or call the show's phone line and leave a voicemail! (224) 366-7631 ... that's (224) 366-DOO-POD1 -- You can record yourself on an audio file and email that in too! A new mailbag show is on the horizon!

Follow Aaron and the show on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/aaronspod

Please "like" the show's Facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/zipadeedoopod

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Pod is an official member of The Disney Podcast Network. http://www.thedpn.com